Douche-bag support



May 6, 1930. w A K 1,757,807

DOUCHE BAG SUPPORT Filed May 11, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 I IF 1g .1.

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SEATTLE, WASHINGTON DOUCHE-BAG SUPPORT Application filed May 11,

use, and so that it may be concealed with its appurtenances, the hose, nozzle, etc., out of sight when it is not in use.

This being my general object, it is a further object so to construct the device that it is simply made and placed, and so that it may be conveniently taken down for filling or for cleansing, or other purposes, and so that it may be easily mounted again.

It is a further object to provide a mounting 7? for such a tank, by means of which the tank,

often filled to near its top with liquid, may be lifted to a considerable height and easily connected to supports therefor, these supports being so spaced and arranged that they will exactly coincide in the proper relationship with the means engaging the same carried on the tank.

A further object is the provision of a device of the character described which can be supported upon a swiveled panel or door, and so proportioned and disposed thereon, together with the hose appurtenances, that it may be swung with the door, lying within the path of swing thereof, yet have a large capacity.

My invention comprises the novel parts and the novel combination and arrangement thereof, as shown in the accompanying drawings, described in the specification, and as will be particularly defined by the claims terminating the same.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown my invention in a form which is now preferred by me.

Figure 1 is a section through a wall and cabinet, showing my device in plan view.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectional View through the center of the device, as seen in Figure 1. v

Figure 3 is a face view thereof, shown in an intermediate position, parts being broken away.v

Figure 4; is a faceview of the panel with the tank removed, parts being broken away.

Figure 5 is a sectional View through the 1923. Serial No. 362,274.

upper part of the tank, showing the aperture for supporting the upper portion thereof.

Such a device as this may be supported primarily from a frame 1, which is secured in or upon a wall 9. There may be a cabinet, 55 such as indicated by the side walls 10, top and bottom walls 11 and 12, respectively, and the rear wall 13, thus forming an enclosed cabinet opening outward, or if pre ferred, only the frame 1 need be used, the re- 0 cess in the wall defined by such a cabinet, and indicated by the numeral 15, being merely the space between the lath at opposi'tesides of the wall.

As a closure for this storage space 15 I provide a panel 2. This is preferably mounted in some pivotal fashion, as for instance being swiveled by trunnions 2O disposed between its sides, and engaging in bushings 16 of the frame 1 at top and bottom, and midway between the side edges of the panel. Though any other convenient arrangement may be employed, by this arrangement the panel may swivel to bring either faceputward, and when the outer face 21 is outermost the device has the appearance of an ordinary chest or cabinet. No knob or handle is required when the panel is thus swiveled. It may be suitably fixed in either open or closed position, as by the springpressed ball catch 17 at one side of the frame, which engages with sockets 27 in the opposite side edges of the panel.

The rear face 22, however, carries means for supporting a reservoir or tank 3, which supporting means will be described hereafter. The tank itself is preferably made of metal, so that it may be readily cleansed and so that it may be formed in a definite shape to secure the greatest capacity within the limits of space provided. I have adopted a flattened shape, rounded at the edges. This tank 3 has a connection at 30 near its bot tom 31, by means of which it may be drained 7 through a hose 4 connected thereto. Preferably, also, itssides are continued downward beyond the bottom 31 to provide a flange 32, and its rear face, near the top, isprovided with a slot or aperture 33, as seen inFigure 5. This may be continued upward as a notch 34, by means of which it can be hung upon a nail or screw hook at some location distant from the panel 2.

On the rear or inner face 22 of the panel there are provided two upwardly directed hooks 5 spaced laterally from each other, and a tongue 50, which in effect is an upwardly directed hook, but which is so spaced from the hooks 5 which engage under the flange 32 that the tongue mustbe first engaged through the aperture 33 before the flange 31 will come into engagement with the hooks 5. The hooks 5, it will be understood, support the weight of the can by its bottom, while the tongue 50 prevents the tank from falling forward, and thus it is sustained, even when full, upon the inside of the panel 3, though in use this side of the panel would, of course, be turned outermost. Thtongue 50 is provided with a forward extension 51, by means of which the aperture 33 and the tank 3 may be readily engaged therewith by lateral movement, and without tippin and the tank may be thus guided to lLS sea 1 engage ment with the tongue 5-0 and ho 5.

In order that these members 5 and 50 may maintain the proper relationship to each other, and with respect to the flange 32 and aperture 33 of the tank, I prefer that they be formed as integral parts of a bracket which in the main consists of an inverted if-shaped piece of sheet metal, generally designated by the numeral 52 (see Figure 4.) I prefer, also, that clips 55 be secured upon the inner face 22 of the panel, so that when the tank is supported as described the hose 4 may be coiled about the sides, still within the path of swing represented by the circle C, and secured in these clips 55 at opposite sides of the tank. Thus, the hose may be so coiled, shown in Figure 3, and the nozzle l0 may drop into the top of the tank, and thus the whole device is conveniently stowed when not in use, as may be seen by the dotted line positions of Figures 1 and 2.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. In combination with a frame and a panel swiveled therein, a tank, a hose connected to the lower portion of said tank, means removably supporting the tank upon the inside of said panel, lying inside of the panel side edges, and within the path of swing of said edges, to leave a space for stowing said hose, coiled about the tank.

2. In combination with a frame and a panel swiveled therein, a tank of less breadth and height than said panel, a hose connected to the lower portion of said tank, and means supporting said tank upon the inside of said panel, inside of its top and side edges, and within the path of swing of the latter, to leave a space for coiling said hose about the tank.

3.111 combination with a frame and a panel swiveled therein, a tank of less breadth and height than said panel, a hose connected to the lower portion of said tank, and means supporting said tank upon the inside of said panel, inside of its top and side edges, and within the path of swing of the latter, to leave a. space for coiling said hose about the tank, and clips for retaining said hose in such coiled position.

l. In combination with a frame and a panel swiveled therein, a tank, a hose connected to drain said tank, means engaging said tank to removably supportthe same on the inside of the panel, and means for removably securing said hose likewise upon the inside of the panel, said tank and hose being so positioned upon said panel as to lie inside of the path of swing thereof.

5. In combination with a swiveled panel, a tank having its sides extending downward below its bottom to form a flange, two upwardly directed hooks engageable with said flange to support the bottom of the tank, and means on the panel engageable with the top of the tank to hold it close to the panel.

6. In combination with a swiveled panel, a tank having its sides extending downward be low its bottom to form a flange, and having an aperture in its rear wall at the top, two laterally spaced, upwardly directed hooks engageable with said flange to support the bot-- tom of the tank, and an upwardly directed tongue spaced from said hooks to engage the said aperture prior to engagement of the hooks with the flange, to hold the tank close to the panel.

7 In combination with a swiveled panel, a tank having its sides extending downward below its bottom to form a flange, and hav ing an aperture in its rear wall at the top, an integral bracket having two upwardly directed, laterally spaced hooks at its bottom and an upwardly directed tongue at its top, said hooks and tongue being so spaced that the tongue first engages the aperture in the tank, and the hooks then engage and support the tank by its flange.

8. In combination with a swiveled panel, a tank having its sides extending downward below its bottom to form a flange, two upwardly directed hooks engageable with said flange. to support the bottom of the tank, and means on the panel engageable with the top of the tank to hold it close to the panel, a hose connected to drain the tank, and clips on said panel at opposite sides of the tank to receive coils of the hose, said hose when coiled, and the tank, lying within the path of swing of the edges of the panel.

Signed at Seattle, lVashington, this 4th day of May, 1929.

CHAS. W. MACK. 

